Save 10% on exciting 2020 cycling events with the CW5000 February Challenge

Special offers on events across the UK to help you hit your CW5000 target

If you’re looking for an exciting cycling challenge in 2020, check out UK Cycling Events' sportives across the UK.

UK Cycling Events are the event partner and February sponsor for the CW5000 Challenge, an annual challenge to CW readers to ride 5000. However if that distance is too far for you, which it will be for many, do not worry, because you can enter as a group, or just join the community and take part in the monthly challenges.

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Alex Ballinger

Alex Ballinger is editor of BikeBiz magazine, the leading publication for the UK cycle industry, and is the former digital news editor for CyclingWeekly.com. After gaining experience in local newsrooms, national newspapers and in digital journalism, Alex found his calling in cycling, first as a reporter, then as news editor responsible for Cycling Weekly's online news output, and now as the editor of BikeBiz. Since pro cycling first captured his heart during the 2010 Tour de France (specifically the Contador-Schleck battle) Alex covered three Tours de France, multiple editions of the Tour of Britain, and the World Championships, while both writing and video presenting for Cycling Weekly. He also specialises in fitness writing, often throwing himself into the deep end to help readers improve their own power numbers.  Away from the desk, Alex can be found racing time trials, riding BMX and mountain bikes, or exploring off-road on his gravel bike. He’s also an avid gamer, and can usually be found buried in an eclectic selection of books.